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This Former Cricket Star Turned US Drone Critic Was Pulled From His Plane On...

Imran Khan, the cricketer turned politician, claimed he was taken off an international flight by US immigration officials and questioned about his views on drones and jihad before being allowed into...

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Hizbollah Is Thinking Of Abandoning Syria And It's A Pretty Big Deal

Hizbollah has been one of the staunchest supporters of the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, but now there are bitter arguments within its ranks about whether it is time to change course. The giant...

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The Manhattan Veterans Hospital Is Evacuating All Of Its Patients

Anticipating Hurricane Sandy's arrival the Manhattan Campus of the VA NY Harbor Healthcare System has ordered all its patients evacuated from the facility at 423 East 23rd Street. In addition, all NY...

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Army Training Presentation Slams President George W. Bush

When the Artillery School of Practice founded in 1824 at Ft. Monroe, Va. grew inadequate for the expanding nation's needs, the United States Army Command and General Staff College was built in Ft....

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Iran Says It Has Loads Of Sensitive Military Data From Its Israeli Drone Mission

Iran is in possession of data transmitted by an unmanned Hezbollah drone that overflew "restricted" sites and bases in Israel this month, a defence official said. The drone "transmitted live data,...

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Syria Is Getting Pounded By The Heaviest Airstrikes Since The Conflict Began

Damascus shook with loud explosions on Monday as Syrian warplanes reportedly launched their heaviest air strikes yet after a failed bid to halt the country's violence for a Muslim holiday. The blasts,...

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Taiwan Busted Several Ex-Military Officials Giving China Unprecedented...

Taiwan said Monday that three retired military officers have been arrested on suspicion of leaking military secrets to China, in what legislators described as one of the island's worst espionage...

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Everything Else In D.C. May Be Shut Down, But Not The Tomb Of The Unknown...

To serve as a Sentinel at the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetery is considered one of the greatest honors in the military. The tomb itself has been under continuous guard, every...

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The Next Weapon Of Mass Destruction Will Probably Be A Thumbdrive

Despite congressional foot dragging, or maybe because of it, most defense and technology analysts are screaming dire warnings of impending cyber attacks, whether by Internet hacks or infected thumb...

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One Crew Member Dead, One Missing In HMS Bounty Shipwreck

One of the world's most famous ships, the HMS Bounty is a victim of Hurricane Sandy. Initially the ship was reported to be "intact and upright" but subsequent reports say it has sunk. The Bounty...

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Incredible Pictures Of Storm Damage In New York City

Superstorm Sandy had a devastating impact on New York City. (For coverage of storm damage from Jamaica to Canada, click here >) At least 10 New Yorkers died, with more fatalities expected. New...

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They Just Discovered A Bunch Of Awesome WWII Spy Gadgets

A rare wartime book documenting the ingenious James Bond-style gadgets invented by British 'spooks' to help prisoners of war escape has been discovered. The 1942 classified catalogue contains the...

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French Investigators To Exhume Yasser Arafat Due To Poisoning Theory

The body of Yasser Arafat, the former leader of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), will be exhumed next month in order to determine exactly how he died, according to the Associated Press....

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The National Guard Is Pouring Into Sandy Stricken States 'Big And Fast'

Army and Air National Guard units responded after Hurricane Sandy unleashed billions of dollars of damage, left millions without power, and killed a reported 12 people. "We had to be ready to respond...

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The Man Who Paints Washington's Portraits May Be The Most Powerful Guy In DC

Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates had his official portrait unveiled in a small ceremony in the Pentagon Tuesday while the rest of the East Coast hunkered down for Hurricane Sandy. Defense...

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Sandy May Have Uncovered An Old 500-Pound Bomb At The Guantanamo Ferry Landing

The U.S. military shut down a ferry landing at the Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and sent for a bomb disposal team from Florida on Tuesday after Hurricane Sandy churned up a suspicious object in...

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The Russian Plane That Killed Poland's President In 2010 May Have Been Packed...

Polish investigators conducting the inquiry into the plane crash that killed President Lech Kaczynski and 95 others in 2010 have detected "chemical structures similar to those in high-energy materials...

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These Schools Reaching Out For Military Vets Have Brilliant Recruiting...

For some veterans, transitioning from military service to college life is a bigger challenge than they expected. The wheels of the VA churn slowly, making payments a bit late. Post-traumatic stress...

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Celebratory Gunfire Sets Off Inferno And Kills 25 At Saudi Wedding

A fire sparked by celebratory gunfire has killed at least 25 people at a wedding in Saudi Arabia, media reported on Wednesday. The bullets struck electric decorations that triggered a short-circuit,...

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80 Tons Of Metal are Still Dangling 1,000 Feet Over Manhattan

With Sandy gone, and the worst of the damage assessed, all eyes are looking up to the twisted crane atop One57 — 1,000 feet above the ground. Mayor Bloomberg in his press conference yesterday promised...

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